Crozier (crater)
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Crozier is a lunar impact crater that is located on the southwest edge of Mare Fecunditatis, a lunar mare in the eastern part of the Moon's near side. It lies to the east-northeast of the prominent crater Colombo, and southeast of the small crater Bellot.
Coordinates | 13.5°S 50.8°E / -13.5; 50.8 |
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Diameter | 22 km |
Depth | 1.3 km |
Colongitude | 310° at sunrise |
Eponym | Francis R. M. Crozier |
The narrow rim of this crater forms a distorted enclosure that has outward bulges along the northwest, southwest, and southeastern sides. The interior floor has been resurfaced and nearly filled by basaltic lava, producing a level surface with a low albedo that matches the dark hue of the nearby lunar mare. Nearly adjacent to the outer rim are the similar flooded craters Crozier D to the east and Crozier M to the southeast.
The crater is named after Irish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer Francis Crozier.